SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-08-02T14:35:32-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsRobertC. on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitRobertC.urn:uuid:5102043b-23b9-386c-be22-395d8ec30fa12014-05-05T10:26:06-06:00<p>this is tough question. I can&rsquo;t answer it directly, but generally speaking, USB to parallel devices aren&rsquo;t always reliable. It might work for a printer, but I&rsquo;m not confident it will work for programming.</p>Customer #539749 on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitCustomer #539749urn:uuid:ce8177e4-7cac-c5c4-9021-d6f87f2be0832014-05-04T22:47:34-06:00<p>can i use a USB to parallel adapter like this one to use this with my laptop
http://www.amazon.ca/Cables-16899-IEEE-1284-Parallel-Printer/dp/B000UX21PY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1399264985&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=usb+to+parallel+adapter</p>
<p>thanks</p>Chandhooguy on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitChandhooguyurn:uuid:d7404e48-723e-b87f-075f-8028be64963b2013-01-12T12:35:10-07:00<p>NEED this in stock! PLEASE!!!</p>Fauxbestaan on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitFauxbestaanurn:uuid:6c58e21e-5bdc-3122-7818-c8ddb3ae93982010-09-20T12:06:54-06:00<p>This is a wonderful tutorial, and has definitely helped me to start getting into embedded electronics. I was unable to buy the components from SparkFun, however, as I live in the UK. If anyone else is looking for a nice, cheap place to pickup components from, you can check out <a href="http://uk.rs-online.com/web/" rel="nofollow" >http://uk.rs-online.com/web/</a>. They had most of what I was looking for, and anything they didn&rsquo;t have (which was only an SPDT switch, so far), I just picked up from my local Maplins. The only downside to rs-online is that you have to buy certain things in packs of 5 or 10, however they still tend to be quite cheaper than most other places, and get even cheaper if you buy in bulk. As a side note, I&rsquo;ve noticed that the checkout procedure only seems to work with Internet Explorer ?_?</p>RobertC. on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitRobertC.urn:uuid:d28ef01d-ec35-0788-bcbd-4e50027aad302010-08-31T09:20:48-06:00<p>Ok, each part is a link. So you can add each one individually if you want. Hopefully that helps!</p>CTC-001 on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitCTC-001urn:uuid:6e57f532-1a5d-63fb-8d7d-2fde923eb6eb2010-08-30T21:30:05-06:00<p>I only have USB ports as I am exclusively using my laptop. I guess I am going to buy the USBtinyISP AVR Programmer but I need help re-creating the items list for this kit so that I end up with the precisely correct components (minus the port programmer and extension cable, of course.) My problem is that the exact individual sku&rsquo;s are not provided on the product page for the kit and, unlike other kits, this one is invoiced as a single item, making al la cart picks impossible for a dumb newbie like me. Please help!</p>RobertC. on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitRobertC.urn:uuid:edfa9e7d-4d51-4c5f-31b2-4e9e68f654132010-08-30T10:18:40-06:00<p>The kit is designed specifically for the tutorial. It is boxed up separately for that purpose. We sell all the items individually however.</p>CVBruce on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitCVBruceurn:uuid:54b8dfb4-175a-8037-1a96-b4a10864d6cb2010-08-30T09:50:13-06:00<p>Perhaps you could have a version of this kit with the serial programmer for those of us that don&rsquo;t have parallel ports.<br/>
Or, you could use the &ldquo;add to cart&rdquo; button that adds the individual components so that I can adjust the cart to replace the parallel programmer with the serial one.<br/>
Thanks!</p>Ephel on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitEphelurn:uuid:bc851bfa-4359-98c4-0135-f21a70cfc60a2010-06-14T03:31:21-06:00<p>You should give the option to buy the ATmega328 instead of the ATmega168, which has been out of stock for some months now&hellip;<br/>
When I first saw this kit I was searching for some easy way to start with this kind of things and I hadn&rsquo;t any idea of what could replace what.</p>Zak on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitZakurn:uuid:e778d3a5-bdf8-b8ad-f154-4d117ca75ace2009-12-22T06:09:43-07:00<p>While I don&rsquo;t need this kit, I really like the way you&rsquo;re dealing with the kit in the ordering system. It makes such perfect sense to have it orderable as a single item, while being able to add and remove individual components as required. Very nice.</p>ThatOneGuy on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitThatOneGuyurn:uuid:de08e4d7-f589-5907-30c7-8b58648d04432009-01-18T21:43:32-07:00<p>I understand that this kit covers lectures 1-3 but why are there these extra parts? 2 extra 330 Ohm and 4 extra 10k Ohm resistors and an extra push button?<br/>
I get that the led is for breaking ;)</p>Customer #1149 on KIT-08391 - Beginning Embedded Electronics - Microcontroller KitCustomer #1149urn:uuid:d67b1722-88bf-7e77-58b7-d28454479ccb2008-01-01T12:59:42-07:00<p>I completed Lecture 2, Microcontroller Kit, using the Atmega168 in about 75 minutes. Everything went well. I had trouble getting the &ldquo;blink&rdquo; program to download to the chip, but after discovering that I had one of the Vcc wires in the wrong slot, the download succeeded and the LED blinks. These are very instructive tutorials, and fun, too.</p>